Re: [RFC/PATCH 00/14] perf record: Add support to store data in directory

[Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>]

Hi,

On 03.02.2019 18:30, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> hi,
> this patchset adds the --dir option to record command (and all
> the other record command that overload cmd_record) that allows
> the data to be stored in directory with multiple data files.
> 
> It's next step for multiple threads implementation in record.
> It's now possible to make directory data via --dir option, like:
> 
>   $ perf record --dir perf bench sched messaging

Is it possible to name data directory differently from perf.data 
e.g. using --output option, like this?

  $ perf record --output result_1 --dir perf bench sched messaging

Thanks,
Alexey

>   $ ls -l perf.data
>   total 344
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 43864 Jan 20 22:26 data.0
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 30464 Jan 20 22:26 data.1
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 53816 Jan 20 22:26 data.2
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 30368 Jan 20 22:26 data.3
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 40088 Jan 20 22:26 data.4
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 42592 Jan 20 22:26 data.5
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 56136 Jan 20 22:26 data.6
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa 25992 Jan 20 22:26 data.7
>   -rw-------. 1 jolsa jolsa  8832 Jan 20 22:26 header
> 
> There's a data file created for every cpu and it's storing
> data for those cpu maps. The report command will read it
> transparently, sort it and display as single file data.
> 
> It's possible to transform directory data into standard
> perf.data file via simple inject command:
>     
>   $ perf inject -o perf.data.file -i perf.data
> 
> The old perf fails over the directory data with following message:
>   $ perf report
>   incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)
> 
> I'm now testing the record threads support, so I'd like to
> have some agreement on the directory data support before.
> 
> It's also available in here:
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
>   perf/dir
> 
> thanks,
> jirka
> 
> 
> ---
> Jiri Olsa (14):
>       perf tools: Make rm_rf to remove single file
>       perf session: Add process callback to reader object
>       perf data: Move size to struct perf_data_file
>       perf data: Add global path holder
>       perf data: Make check_backup work over directories
>       perf data: Add perf_data__(create_dir|free_dir) functions
>       perf data: Add perf_data__open_dir_data function
>       perf data: Add directory support
>       perf data: Don't store auxtrace index for directory data file
>       perf data: Add perf_data__update_dir function
>       perf data: Make perf_data__size to work over directory
>       perf session: Add __perf_session__process_dir_events function
>       perf session: Add path to reader object
>       perf record: Add --dir option to store data in directory
> 
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |   3 ++
>  tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c            |   4 +--
>  tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c       |   4 +--
>  tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c        |   8 ++---
>  tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c                 |   4 +--
>  tools/perf/builtin-diff.c                |  12 +++----
>  tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c              |   4 +--
>  tools/perf/builtin-inject.c              |  10 +++---
>  tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c                |   2 +-
>  tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c                 |   8 ++---
>  tools/perf/builtin-lock.c                |   8 ++---
>  tools/perf/builtin-mem.c                 |   8 ++---
>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c              |  72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  tools/perf/builtin-report.c              |   6 ++--
>  tools/perf/builtin-sched.c               |  16 ++++-----
>  tools/perf/builtin-script.c              |  12 +++----
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c                |   6 ++--
>  tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c           |   8 ++---
>  tools/perf/builtin-trace.c               |   8 ++---
>  tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c        |   2 +-
>  tools/perf/util/data.c                   | 231 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/data.h                   |  24 +++++++++----
>  tools/perf/util/mmap.h                   |  23 ++++++------
>  tools/perf/util/session.c                | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  tools/perf/util/util.c                   |  10 ++++--
>  25 files changed, 479 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
>